Judah and his Jewish fighters defeated the Greeks one more time, then came to Jerusalem, where they cleansed the Temple of the statues of the Greek gods and dedicated it once more to the worshi...

21 minutes, 44 seconds
Published 3 days ago

The Hasidim, the Pious Jews, started the rebellion against the Seleucids when Mattathias, the old priest, killed people in Modein who tried to offer sacrifices to the Greek gods. Mattathias di...

25 minutes, 09 seconds
Published 10 days ago

King Antiochus III of the Seleucids took over the territory of Jerusalem and Judea from the Ptolemaic kingdom of Egypt. His son, King Antiochus IV, in an attempt to strengthen his southern bor...

26 minutes, 31 seconds
Published: 9/25/2008

The Greeks came to Jerusalem and set up idols and honored their gods in the dramatic presentations. This created a cultural hostility with the Jewish prohibition on graven images. Greeks, and...

17 minutes, 43 seconds
Published: 9/18/2008

Philip of Macedon gained hegemony over the Greek states, and his son Alexander led the Greeks on an epic campaign to conquer the Persian Empire. Alexander died at the age of 33 years old, but ...

21 minutes, 14 seconds
Published: 9/11/2008

After defeating the Persians, Athens established their empire, which was actually a hegemony, or domination of the other Greek states. This led to war against Sparta and disaster. Following t...

20 minutes, 45 seconds
Published: 9/4/2008

The culture of Athens lives on today in the modern world. The Greeks gave us Democracy and Dramatic Theatre, and we're still using words from ancient Greek, and we have buildings that use prin...

25 minutes, 20 seconds
Published: 8/28/2008

King Cyrus and the Persians quickly conquered the Babylonian Empire, then they turned their attention to the Greeks. The Persians met with defeat twice, at the beach of Marathon and later in o...

21 minutes, 48 seconds
Published: 8/21/2008

King Cyrus established the Medo-Persian Empire, then came against and destroyed the Kingdom of Lydia. This brought the Persians in contact with the Greeks. Meanwhile, the Jews lived in exile ...

19 minutes, 12 seconds
Published: 8/14/2008

This is the start of a new topic- a look at the ancient Jewish state, started by the Hasmonean family. We'll be taking a look at the Chanukkah story, along with most of ancient history- the Pe...

15 minutes, 18 seconds
Published: 8/8/2008